by William Greider
Amid the smoke and stench of burning careers, Washington feels a bit like the last days of the ancien régime. As the world’s finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Let the perp walks begin. Whether the public feels reassured is another matter.
George W. Bush’s plight leads me to thoughts of Louis XV and his royal court in the (…)
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All the King’s Media
13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Web, mobiles help French plan riots
10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsYoung French rioters are using blogs to incite violence and mobile phones to organise attacks in guerrilla-like tactics they have copied from anti-globalisation protesters, security experts say.
So the government is policing cyberspace as well as rundown suburbs in the battle to end two weeks of rioting.
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has diverted resources to monitoring blogs to anticipate the movements of the protesters, who have set fire to thousands of cars since the unrest (…) -
Tesla is Here "A Message to the World"
26 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentOSEN makes cannon-ball splash opening with release of disclosure testimonial videos
Earth-shattering never-before-seen video testimonials released for the first time, featuring seven energy inventors. Affidavit witnesses urge an end to suppression of new energy technologies that could eliminate our suicidal dependence on fossil fuel.
by Sterling D. Allan, Executive News Editor Open Source Energy Network
Photo by Carmen Muller (OSEN) Carmen Miller (OSEN), daughter of the late inventor, (…) -
Paypal police
23 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsby Ray Boyd (28 Sept, 2005) The premier online money manager is a big bad corporation with big bad law enforcement complex... and they’re going after marijuana drug-related businesses and you.
There it is, on the e-commerce websites of people selling bongs, cannabis seeds, weighing scales, hydroponics equipment, and cannabis cultivation books. It’s on the websites of marijuana advocates, left-wing activist groups, environmental organizations, gun dealers, and Bible wholesalers.
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EU says internet could fall apart
13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 comments– Developing countries demand share of control US says urge to censor underlies calls for reform
by Richard Wray
A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control.
The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the internet will split apart.
At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the (…) -
RIAA sued by victim
9 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentRIAA sued by victim
By Nick Farrell: Monday 03 October 2005, 06:21
A WOMAN who was sued by the Recording Industry of America for file-sharing has countersued the outfit for hacking. Tanya Andersen, a 41-year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation. She is claiming hurt feelings and (…) -
American soldiers killing Iraqis and disgrace the dead on a porn site.
29 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Support the troops they commit attrocities and publish the results on a porn site: click While the military proclaims there is nothing wrong to do so! here a few examples! We ask for forgiveness because we publish this only for documentation. Those who died needless - in the name of false propaganda: American freedom and democracy. Americans! Ask yourself why you carry stickers on your cars like: support our troops, or May God bless our troops.
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CAMELOT SPAMALOT
9 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
CAMELOT, SPAMALOT
By Peter Fredson
September 9, 2005
I realize that most blogs this week are concerned with Hurricane Katrina, and rightfully so. But today I received an e-mail that was so outrageous, so ignorant, and exhibited such atrocious spelling errors that I must remark on it.
The e-mail purports to be from some enterprise that loans people money, a very serious matter, which surely requires some kind of accounting course and some knowledge of spelling and grammar to be (…) -
An Australian anti-racist website attacked
3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Sam Varghese
An Australian anti-racist website came under a sustained distributed denial of service earlier this week and the people who run the site suspect the perpetrators may be from across the Tasman.
Sydney activist Mat Henderson-Hau, who runs the website Fightdemback, said the attacks had begun on Monday and knocked the site offline.
"We suspect someone in New Zealand but we cannot say anything definitely now," he said.
The site is hosted by a small Melbourne provider which (…) -
BLOGGER COMMENTS ON BUSH LEADERSHIP
27 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
7 commentsby Peter Fredson
Conservative rage was apparent in blog comments on criticism of George Bush and his failure as a president in both peace and war. The anti-war movement, which is barely mentioned in the media, is gaining momentum. Some commentators wondered if public acceptance of Bush’s reasons for going to war would lead to his impeachment. A number of blogs mention that the Iraq quagmire is fast approaching that of Vietnam. Most blogs show a certain vehemence and very strong unwavering (…)